Automobile hood clamp



' J. A. HUTH; AUTOMOBILE HOOD CLAMP. APPLICATION mzouov. 1, 1920.

1,425,773., Patented Aug. 15, 1922;

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JOHN A. HUTH, or ornornn'n'rr, orrro, assienon TO 's riinrinv M. nawsorior CINCINNATI, OHIO.

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To all whom it may concern: Be it known that JOHN A. Hrrr11, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Cincinnati, in the. county of Hamilton and State of ()hio, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Hood Clamps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the drawings forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to clamps for auto mobile hoods, which are normally secured along the sides of the frame in motor vehicles and engage the sid s of the engine hood, to hold it down tightly in place.

Devices of the .above'cha-racter are common in the, art, but according to my information are not of a structure which it is easy and inexpensive to manufacture and comprise an over number of parts which must be assembled and secured together at considerable labor cost. It is the object of my inventionto provide a clamp structure which may be struck up out of sheet metal and comprises but few parts of easy assemblage, and is strong and durable.

In one of the forms of myinvention, in fact, the entire body of the clamp 8XC1U- sive of the mounting thereof and the spring rod is formed of a single piece ofmetal,

formed up and secured with a single rivet,

same providing for both body, finger hold and engaging hook.

I accomplish my objects and various other advantages to be noted by that certain con- Figure 5 is a plan view of the mounting piece, before it is formed up.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the eompleted mounting piece.

Figure 7 is an elevation of a modified form of my invention.

The body iece of the preferred form of mymventlon is made of a stamped out strip The mounting piece or hinge piece of the clamp body may be formed of a metal Specification.ofletters Yatent.

..App1ication filed November 1, 1920. Serial N0.,4a1,oo2. l I i ot metal, having two semi-tubular arms 1 and 2, a flat central plece '3 and curved fin- .1 l i I geznoldfportgond and a shorter curved 0o: porion o. I

When this ppiece is 1 formed up into the complete body of the clamp, the twotubular pieces are bent so as to coincide with each other, and form a hollow cylindrical'body, with the adjacent portions of the hook and finger hold members at the end of said body rivetedtogether as at- 6. The finger hold portion andthe hook portion re then bent outwardly, as shownin Figure 2,wher eupon the body. is complete without any additions.

During the process of forming the body. 170

as above outlined, .a rod 7 is? set {into the hole 8 in the flat portion or central piece 3, so as tobe confined within the completed body, this rod having a head 8? and a spring 9 set around it; Thus'whenthe body. is 5 formed, the rod will be spring impelled inwardly of the body, and can be used forpurposes of mounting-the-clamp.body and giving it the desired spring action in holding down an engine hood.

piece stamped out to havea body 10 and ears '11, 11 which'when bent around 'asat 12, 12, will-form mounting clips'for a hinge ;8, .5

pin 13. This hinge pin isinserted through the said clips or eyes, and through an eye 14 in the rod 7 and suitably upset, to form a permanent hinged connection.

The entire device is then complete and ready for mounting along the side of a,

vehicle frame. for use as a hood clamp.

The method of mounting the rod is not essential to my invention, as various models of motor vehicles have different methods of mounting ,the clamp rods. The method shown is merely a snnpleone 01 easy manufacture and sturdy character.

In instances where theic lamp must engage a hood that is locatednearer the edge Thus inthe instance, shown in Figure 7 the body portion is made of-a single piece struck up and formed as previously described, with the omission of the finger and I hook portions.

The finger piece 15 having two wings,fin I this case, is mounted on the upper end of the clamp by the rivet 16 that, as in the former case, holds the bodytogether. The hook piece 17 is mounted on one side of the body near the base thereoi by means of a suitable rivet 18, prior to the forming up of the complete device.

It is not desired because ofmy failure to note other modifications of my invention above to exclude from the scope of the claims that follow those obvious mechanical equivalents which will occur to those skilled in the art, as substitutes for the parts described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hood clamp for motor vehicles and the like which has a body portion formed of a single strip of metal bentinto a halt round shape, with a flat central portion and flat end portions, said strip being bent together'to bring' the ofthe halt round together to form a tubular body and secured in permanent form by the lapping fiat ends.

2. A hood clamp for motor vehicles and the like which comprises a body portion formed of a single strip of metal having matching halves adapted to, be brought together to form a body, a central portion adapted to'itorm a connecting web between the halves, and a base of the body, and ends adapted to be lapped upon bringing together the halves, and means for securing said lapped ends together. 7

'8. A hood clamp formotorvehicles and the like which comprises a body portion formed of a single strip of metal having matching halves adapted to be brought together to form abody, a central portion adapted to form a connecting Web between the halves, and a base of the body, and ends adapted to be lapped upon bringing to-.

gether the halves, and means for securing said lapped ends together, said ends comprising further an extension away from one of the lapped portions forming a finger hold.

4:- A hood clamp for motor vehicles and the like, which comprises a hollow body, a hook, and a finger hold separate from the rook formed from a single piece of metal bent on itself and secured together.

5. A hood clamp for motor vehicles and the like, which comprises a hollow body, a hook, and a linger hold separate from. the hook formed from a single piece of metal bent on itself and secured together, said body having a hole in the base of said body for the journaling of a spring pin.

6. hood clamp for motor vehicles and the like, which comprises a hollow body, a hook, and a finger hold separate from the hook formed from a single piece o1 metal bent on itself and secured together, said bony having a hole in the base of said body for the journaling of a spring pin, a spring pin in said body and extending from said hole, said pin having a hole in its lower end, and a hinge pin in said hole for purpose of securing to the motor car frame.

7. A hood clamp for motor vehicles and the like, which comprises a pin having a spring thereon, and a metal strip provided with hole for the pin and bent up around the pin to house it in an enclosed body, said strip being so secured together around the pin, whereby the spring and pin may be mounted in the holder during the tormation thereof.

Jon's A. Horn. 

